Raga and Electronics: A Brief Introduction
A look at the worldwide journey of influence of Indian classical music, from experimental drones to acid house to chart-topping songs.
Learn about different artists and how they make music
Gazelle Twin: 21st Century Jester
Gazelle Twin aka Elizabeth Brenholz on the making of Pastoral and the techniques she used to create the album’s medieval-futuristic sound design and vocals
Afrodeutsche: Making Her Way
Ableton interview with Henrietta Smith-Rolla on playing live, hybrid DJ sets, synths and releasing on Skam. Free download included.
Sam Kidel: Raving the Data Center
Sam Kidel on “mimetically hacking” a Google data center to make it the setting of a virtual rave and circumventing voice recognition AIs with Max for Live
Alice Ivy: Dream Sequence In Progress
Ableton interview with Alice Ivy. The Melbourne musician details her sampling-based songwriting process. Free artist sample pack download included.
Laughing Through the Tears: Chrissy on Rave and Resilience
Chrissy (ex-Murderbot) on his album Resilience, which uses rave sounds of the 90s to explore themes of love and positivity. Free Ableton Racks download included.
Laura Escudé: One Thing Leads to Another
Laura Escudé explains the technique shown in her One Thing video with a behind the scenes look and free Live Set, plus a device download courtesy of Tom Cosm
BUN / Fumitake Tamura: Trans-Pacific Express
Japanese producer Fumitake Tamura discusses his sampling process, sidechain compression and gate techniques, and collaborations. Free download included.
DJ Step1: Scratch, Sample and Push
Video of DJ Step1 doing an impressive one-take Push performance and then explaining her set-up with Ableton Live
X-Altera: Not Faking The Funk
Ableton interview with Detroit producer Tadd Mullinix on the techniques behind X-Altera, Dabrye, James T Cotton, Soundmurderer & SK-1.
Uproot: Jace Clayton on Global Music and Digital Culture
Video from Loop 2017: Jace Clayton aka DJ / Rupture on global music and cross-cultural systems of knowledge in today's networked digital reality
Jon Hassell: Possible Musics
Interview with composer Jon Hassell on sampling, rhythm, encounters with Stockhausen, Can, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Brian Eno and more.
Photay: Coming Up
Interview with producer Photay and free download of an Ableton Live Set of the track The Everyday Push
Seekersinternational: Dub Soundsystem Abstractionists
Ableton interview with Seekersinternational (SKRSINTL, SKRS) about their approach to sampling and dub production. Includes a free downloadable sound Pack.
Foodman: Raw Sounds from Japan
Ableton interview with Japanese producer Foodman about process, playing live and influences. Free sound pack download included.
Caterina Barbieri: Minimalism, Modular and Live
Caterina Barbieri gives a live modular synthesizer performance at Ableton Loop and discusses her process, inspiration, philosophy, and equipment.
David Heartbreak: Inspiration and Focus
David Heartbreak demonstrates how to compartmentalize creativity by choosing the right space and time for inspiration and focus. Free download included.
Mattokind: Reconstructing for the Stage
Ableton video documenting how Mattokind translate their complex tracks for live performance – including a walkthrough and free Live Set download